The first prelims session of the 2017 men’s ACC championships featured action in the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free. NC State posted a strong effort in the heats, as in all three events Wolfpack swimmers claimed two of the top three qualifying spots for Tuesday night’s finals.
The highlight came in the 50 free, where Ryan Held took down the ACC championship record in the event.
North Carolina got off to a rough start at the men’s ACC championships when the Tar Heels were disqualified in the 200 medley relay, but they got back on track in the 500 free as Henry Campbell dropped more than seven seconds from his seed time to top prelims in 4:14.20.
Campbell will have tough competition on either side of him in the finals as NC State’s Adam Linker and Anton Ipsen qualified second and third, respectively. Linker finished in 4:14.52, while Ipsen, the defending champion, posted a time of 4:14.83 to fall just short of his season best of 4:13.40.
Louisville’s Marcelo Acosta was fourth in 4:14.93, and Virginia’s Sam Magnan took fifth in 4:17.94. Louisville got a second swimmer into the top heat with sixth-place finisher Zach Harting (4:18.28), and he was followed by Pittsburgh’s Aaron Sett (4:18.29) and North Carolina’s Jorden Merrilees (4:18.47).
Event 4 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 4:10.00 2/26/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
ACC Meet: & 4:10.00 2/26/2009 Matt McLean, Virginia
Pool: * 4:08.60 12/5/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
NCAA: # 4:08.60 3/23/2006 Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan
American: @ 4:08.54 2/9/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
U. S. Open: ! 4:08.54 2/9/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine
4:13.22 A
4:17.73 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
4:24.99 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Campbell, Henry JR UNC 4:21.60 4:14.20 qIV16
r:+0.63 23.15 48.81 (25.66)
1:14.74 (25.93) 1:40.61 (25.87)
2:06.44 (25.83) 2:32.55 (26.11)
2:58.18 (25.63) 3:23.71 (25.53)
3:49.15 (25.44) 4:14.20 (25.05)
2 Linker, Adam SR NCSU 4:17.97 4:14.52 qIV16
r:+0.71 23.47 49.04 (25.57)
1:15.05 (26.01) 1:40.93 (25.88)
2:06.93 (26.00) 2:32.83 (25.90)
2:58.52 (25.69) 3:24.07 (25.55)
3:49.52 (25.45) 4:14.52 (25.00)
3 Ipsen, Anton Oe JR NCSU 4:13.40 4:14.83 qIV16
r:+0.73 23.51 49.10 (25.59)
1:14.74 (25.64) 1:40.78 (26.04)
2:06.89 (26.11) 2:32.96 (26.07)
2:58.58 (25.62) 3:24.36 (25.78)
3:49.82 (25.46) 4:14.83 (25.01)
4 Acosta, Marcelo SO Louisville 4:16.49 4:14.93 qIV16
r:+0.67 23.28 48.60 (25.32)
1:14.22 (25.62) 1:39.97 (25.75)
2:05.84 (25.87) 2:31.89 (26.05)
2:57.66 (25.77) 3:23.64 (25.98)
3:49.61 (25.97) 4:14.93 (25.32)
5 Magnan, Samuel SO UVA 4:18.82 4:17.94 qB
r:+0.71 23.25 48.59 (25.34)
1:14.46 (25.87) 1:40.46 (26.00)
2:06.73 (26.27) 2:32.87 (26.14)
2:59.36 (26.49) 3:25.56 (26.20)
3:51.94 (26.38) 4:17.94 (26.00)
6 Harting, Zach SO Louisville 4:24.00 4:18.28 qB
r:+0.65 23.09 48.80 (25.71)
1:15.02 (26.22) 1:40.95 (25.93)
2:06.66 (25.71) 2:32.71 (26.05)
2:58.86 (26.15) 3:25.35 (26.49)
3:51.91 (26.56) 4:18.28 (26.37)
7 Sett, Aaron SO PITT 4:25.69 4:18.29 qB
r:+0.72 23.83 49.35 (25.52)
1:15.12 (25.77) 1:41.12 (26.00)
2:07.39 (26.27) 2:33.60 (26.21)
2:59.81 (26.21) 3:26.10 (26.29)
3:52.33 (26.23) 4:18.29 (25.96)
8 Merrilees, Jord SR UNC 4:17.86 4:18.47 qB
r:+0.70 23.31 49.13 (25.82)
1:15.31 (26.18) 1:41.32 (26.01)
2:07.37 (26.05) 2:33.69 (26.32)
3:00.13 (26.44) 3:26.80 (26.67)
3:53.77 (26.97) 4:18.47 (24.70)
NC State finished 1-2-4 in the 200 IM, led Andreas Vazaios, who topped the field in 1:41.94, the fifth-fastest mark in the country this season. Soeren Dahl finished second in 1:42.32, good for No. 7 nationally, and Justin Ress took fourth in 1:43.23.
Virginia Tech’s Brandon Fiala picked up the third seed with a time of 1:42.59, and the defending ACC champion in the event looks to be in strong form after opening the meet with a blistering 23.02 breaststroke split on the Hokies’ fourth place 200 medley elay.
UNC’s Michael Meyer grabbed fifth in 1:43.88, and Florida State’s Jason Coombs touched sixth in 1:44.03. Two more Hokie swimmers got into the final as the last two qualifiers, Robert Owen (1:44.30) and Norbert Szabo (1:44.34).
Event 5 Men 200 Yard IM
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Conference: % 1:41.92 2/27/2014 Pavel Sankovich, Florida St.
ACC Meet: & 1:41.92 2/27/2014 Pavel Sankovich, Florida St.
Pool: * 1:40.04 3/24/2016 Will Licon, Texas-ST
NCAA: # 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford-PC
American: @ 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford-PC
U. S. Open: ! 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, Stanford-PC
1:42.15 A
1:44.41 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
1:49.09 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vazaios, Andrea JR NCSU 1:43.97 1:41.94 qA
r:+0.69 22.63 47.65 (25.02)
1:17.05 (29.40) 1:41.94 (24.89)
2 Dahl, Soeren SR NCSU 1:44.46 1:42.32 qIV16
r:+0.76 22.36 48.87 (26.51)
1:17.76 (28.89) 1:42.32 (24.56)
3 Fiala, Brandon SR VT 1:45.27 1:42.59 qIV16
r:+0.66 22.00 48.11 (26.11)
1:17.29 (29.18) 1:42.59 (25.30)
4 Ress, Justin SO NCSU 1:48.53 1:43.23 qIV16
r:+0.63 21.85 47.59 (25.74)
1:18.53 (30.94) 1:43.23 (24.70)
5 Meyer, Michael SR UNC 1:46.34 1:43.88 qIV16
r:+0.68 23.07 49.36 (26.29)
1:19.24 (29.88) 1:43.88 (24.64)
6 Coombs, Jason SR FSU 1:48.30 1:44.03 qIV16
r:+0.64 22.79 49.19 (26.40)
1:18.39 (29.20) 1:44.03 (25.64)
7 Owen, Robert SR VT 1:46.72 1:44.30 qIV16
r:+0.74 23.09 48.49 (25.40)
1:18.77 (30.28) 1:44.30 (25.53)
8 Szabo, Norbert SO VT 1:44.92 1:44.34 qIV16
r:+0.67 22.26 48.53 (26.27)
1:18.52 (29.99) 1:44.34 (25.82)
Held then rounded out the morning with a quick time of 18.77 in the 50 free. The time is a new ACC championships record and is just one one-hundredth off Simonas Bilis’ conference record of 18.76. Held now ranks behind only Caeleb Dressel (18.46) and Joseph Schooling (18.76) in the country this season, and on the all-time list, his time ranks 11th.
NC State finished 1-2 in the event as Andreas Schiellerup qualified second in 19.44, just ahead of Notre Dame’s Daniel Speers and Florida State’s Chad Mylin.
Speers and Mylin will each have a teammate join them in the final as Notre Dame’s Justin Plaschka finished fifth in 19.54, and FSU’s Jason McCormick took seventh in 19.59. Also making the final were Virginia Tech’s Ian Ho (19.58) and Louisville’s Trevor Carroll (19.61).
Event 6 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Conference: % 18.76 3/26/2016 Simonas Bilis, NC State
ACC Meet: & 18.92 2/25/2016 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC
Pool: * 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
NCAA: # 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
American: @ 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
U. S. Open: ! 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida-FL
19.09 A
19.53 IV16 NCAA Invited 2016
20.19 B
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Held, Ryan JR NCSU 19.09 18.77&qA
r:+0.64 9.11 18.77 (9.66)
2 Schiellerup, An SR NCSU 20.02 19.44 qIV16
r:+0.68 9.43 19.44 (10.01)
3 Speers, Daniel SO Notre Dame 20.00 19.45 qIV16
r:+0.65 9.42 19.45 (10.03)
4 Mylin, Chad JR FSU 19.49 19.46 qIV16
r:+0.65 9.33 19.46 (10.13)
5 Plaschka, Justi JR Notre Dame 19.91 19.54 qB
r:+0.58 9.41 19.54 (10.13)
6 Ho, Ian SO VT 19.87 19.58 qB
r:+0.58 9.60 19.58 (9.98)
7 McCormick, Jaso SR FSU 19.45 19.59 qB
r:+0.66 9.42 19.59 (10.17)
8 Carroll, Trevor SR Louisville 20.09 19.61 qB
r:+0.64 9.40 19.61 (10.21)
Daniel Hemenway Claire Holloway. I am sure there will be more posts to come. As well as some from the NCAA championships. Read all they through as Ryan’s event is the last individual event of the morning session.
he makes me so proud!
Congratulations